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We present a general numerical approach to shape optimization with state constraints for 2-dimensional geometries, without relaxing the constraints. To do this we reformulate the problem on a fixed reference domain using a conformal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Christian Leithäuser , René Pinnau , Robert Feßler

We revisit the problem of identifying an unknown portion of a boundary subject to a Robin condition based on a pair of Cauchy data on the accessible part of the boundary. It is known that a single measurement may correspond to infinitely…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Mustapha Essahraoui , El Mehdi Cherrat , Lekbir Afraites , Julius Fergy Tiongson Rabago

We model a microchannel cooling system and consider the optimization of its shape by means of shape calculus. A three-dimensional model covering all relevant physical effects and three reduced models are introduced. The latter are derived…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sebastian Blauth , Christian Leithäuser , René Pinnau

This paper considers a convex optimization problem with cost and constraints that evolve over time. The function to be minimized is strongly convex and possibly non-differentiable, and variables are coupled through linear constraints. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-13 Yijian Zhang , Emiliano Dall'Anese , Mingyi Hong

Explicit numerical finite difference schemes for partial differential equations are well known to be easy to implement but they are particularly problematic for solving equations whose solutions admit shocks, blowups and discontinuities.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Christopher. N. Angstmann , Bruce I. Henry , Byron A. Jacobs , Anna V. McGann

A range of optimization cases of two-dimensional Stefan problems, solved using a tracking-type cost-functional, is presented. A level set method is used to capture the interface between the liquid and solid phases and an immersed boundary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Tomas Fullana , Vincent Le Chenadec , Taraneh Sayadi

Shape optimization with constraints given by partial differential equations (PDE) is a highly developed field of optimization theory. The elegant adjoint formalism allows to compute shape gradients at the computational cost of a further PDE…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-03 Matthias Bolten , Onur Tanil Doganay , Hanno Gottschalk , Kathrin Klamroth

A space-time interface-fitted approximation of an inverse source problem for the advection-diffusion equation with moving subdomains is investigated. The problem is reformulated as an optimization problem using Tikhonov regularization. A…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Thi Thanh Mai Ta , Quang Huy Nguyen , Dinh Nho Hào

We consider a problem of identification of point sources in time dependent advection-diffusion systems with a non-linear reaction term. The linear counterpart of the problem in question can be reduced to solving a system of non-linear…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-18 Alexander V. Mamonov , Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai

This work deals with shape optimization for contact mechanics. More specifically, the linear elasticity model is considered under the small deformations hypothesis, and the elastic body is assumed to be in contact (sliding or with Tresca…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Bastien Chaudet-Dumas

In the present study, an advection-diffusion problem has been considered for the numerical solution. The continuum equation is discretized using both upwind and centered scheme. The linear system is solved using the ILU preconditioned…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-08-26 Dibakar Datta , Jacobo Carrasco Heres

This paper is concerned with the optimal shape design of the newtonian viscous incompressible fluids driven by the stationary nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations. We use three approaches to derive the structures of shape gradients for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhiming Gao , Yichen Ma , Hongwei Zhuang

We consider the bilinear optimal control of an advection-reaction-diffusion system, where the control arises as the velocity field in the advection term. Such a problem is generally challenging from both theoretical analysis and algorithmic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-08 Roland Glowinski , Yongcun Song , Xiaoming Yuan , Hangrui Yue

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is a widely used method for solving many convex minimization models arising in signal and image processing. In this paper, we propose an inertial ADMM for solving a two-block separable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Yang Yang , Yuchao Tang

We propose an alternative method for one-dimensional continuum diffusion models with spatially variable (heterogeneous) diffusivity. Our method, which extends recent work on stochastic diffusion, assumes the constant-coefficient homogenized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 Elliot J. Carr

In this work, we present a novel approach for solving stochastic shape optimization problems. Our method is the extension of the classical stochastic gradient method to infinite-dimensional shape manifolds. We prove convergence of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

Physical models with uncertain inputs are commonly represented as parametric partial differential equations (PDEs). That is, PDEs with inputs that are expressed as functions of parameters with an associated probability distribution.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Benjamin M. Kent , Catherine E. Powell , David J. Silvester , Małgorzata J. Zimoń

This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of porous-media flow and transport problems , i. e. heterogeneous, advection-diffusion problems. Its aim is to investigate numerical schemes for these problems in which different time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-20 Thi-Thao-Phuong Hoang , Caroline Japhet , Michel Kern , Jean E. Roberts

We address distributed learning problems, both nonconvex and convex, over undirected networks. In particular, we design a novel algorithm based on the distributed Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) to address the challenges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Xiaoxing Ren , Nicola Bastianello , Karl H. Johansson , Thomas Parisini

As more and more multiphysics effects are entering the field of CFD simulations, this raises the question how they can be accurately captured in gradient computations for shape optimization. The latter has been successfully enriched over…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-02 Ole Burghardt , Nicolas R. Gauger